According to the JP Morgan Chase survey, general market volatility is the top business threat as identified by 30% of participants. Followed by competition at 20% of the survey participants. These past years with supply chain and record inflation have allowed businesses to plan or react as quickly as they… Read More »Top Business Threats
Labor shortages have been no secret for the last year, the chart shows how business people reacted to those shortages in the JP Morgan Chase survey. The Federal Reserve has been working to cool down the hiring market, but the latest data shows few substantial changes in the nation’s labor market… Read More »How Did Businesses React To Labor Shortages
In this study by JPMorgan Chase the employee costs are by far the biggest factor in pushing prices higher.
The extreme rising of costs haven’t only hit consumer, but have also hit businesses as they were first in a supply chain nightmare and then cost started rising. Even there was good news Thursday, most business leaders do not think it is over yet. Below are some of the top… Read More »Businesses Adjusting To Inflation
The numbers that came out yesterday did Indicate some relief, we’ll see if this is the beginning of a positive trend. I do think it is safe to say most higher prices are here to stay, it is just a question on if they have settled at this nouveau. Today’s… Read More »Core Inflation Is Down
Another interesting chart showing how business owners see their industry and company doing well in the upcoming year. The vast majority of businesses (86%) expect their revenues to grow or hold steady in 2023. But a smaller percentage (76%) expect their capital expenditures to increase or remain the same. BUSINESS… Read More »Business Expectations
No surprise the optimism has dropped in the last year, what I didn’t realize is that it is at an ten year low low for the national economy and rivaling optimism about the Global economy in 2016. Optimism on the decline The share of midsize U.S. business leaders who are… Read More »2012-2023 Optimism
In this cart it is obvious that business leaders see the global and national economic outlook at not very good, however they view their own industry and company not to be affected. Only time will tell what will happen. Economic outlook and expectations Less than 40% of U.S. business leaders… Read More »2023 Economic Outlook
Even if 2022 didn’t come close to 2021, it was still a very good year with over $200 billion in LBO deals. The second largest amount of deals in the past 10 years. A leveraged buyout (LBO) is the acquisition of another company using a significant amount of borrowed money… Read More »2022 was a very good year for LBOs
2022 will not come close to 2021 which was a banner M&A year. 2022 Q4 was the slowest.